Quantitative Trader - Equity | Miami

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A newly launched portfolio management team at a leading multi-manager hedge fund is seeking its first Quantitative hire in Miami. This is a unique opportunity to work directly with the PM from day one on alpha signal discovery, strategy development, portfolio design, and trading execution, with long-term potential to evolve into a Sub-PM role.

What You'll Do:

• Partner closely with the Portfolio Manager to research and develop systematic strategies in the U.S. cash equity space, with an emphasis on low-frequency signals.
• Build robust research pipelines and tooling for alpha testing, signal validation, and portfolio construction.
• Source and evaluate novel data sets to uncover alpha opportunities tied to index rebalancing and event-driven behavior.
• Contribute to the full lifecycle of strategy deployment, from research to real-time implementation and monitoring.

What We're Looking For:

• 1+ years of experience in quantitative research, ideally focused on equity markets or index rebal strategies.
• Advanced proficiency in Python and familiarity with statistical modeling, financial time-series, and handling large datasets.
• Academic background in a quantitative discipline (Mathematics, CS, Physics, Engineering, etc.).
• A collaborative mindset with the drive to build from the ground up, and a long-term interest in growing into a portfolio management role.

Why Apply:

• Direct mentorship from the PM and a front-row seat to the full investment process.
• Clear path to ownership and leadership in strategy development.
• Strong platform support from one of the industry's top multi-manager funds.

• Seniority level
  
  Entry level

• Employment type
  
  Full-time

• Job function Finance
• Industries Investment Management and Financial Services

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